Adela Edwards Salas
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| Born | 16 March 1874 Santiago, Chile |
| Died | 11 November 1939 (aged 65) Santiago, Chile |
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| Relatives | Rafael Edwards Salas |
| Family | Edwards family |
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Adela Edwards Salas (16 March 1874 – 11 November 1939) was a Chilean teacher and philanthropist.
Biography
[edit]Edwards was born 16 March 1874 in Santiago to Eduardo Edwards Garriga and Javiera Salas Errázuriz. Edwards was the sister of Rafael Edwards Salas, and was a member of the Edwards family.
On 20 March 1907, Edwards founded the Santa Teresa Normal School (Spanish: Escuela Normal Santa Teresa) in Santiago.[1][2]
In 1912, Edwards co-founded the Chilean Ladies League with Amalia Errázuriz de Subercaseaux.[3][4]
In 1918, Edwards founded The White Cross (Spanish: La Cruz Blanca) an organization which cared for abandoned girls.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Escuelas Normales en Chile (1842–1974): Escuelas normales particulares". Memoria Chilena (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Biblioteca Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "Escuela Normal Santa Teresa de Santiago". Archivo Nacional de Chile (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Servicio Nacional del Patrimonio Cultural. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ Valenzuela, J. Samuel; Valenzuela, Erika Maza (2000). "The Politics of Religion in a Catholic Country: Republican Democracy, Cristianismo Social and the Conservative Party in Chile, 1850–1925". In Ivereigh, Austen (ed.). The Politics of Religion in an Age of Revival: Studies in Nineteenth-Century Europe and Latin America. London: Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London. pp. 188–223. ISBN 978-1-900039-32-1. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "The Catholic Woman's Home Page: A Distinguished Chilean Family". The Canadian Register. Quebec, Canada. 6 June 1912. p. 6. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "Mujeres de Elite y Caridad (1864–1930): Regeneración moral de niñas desamparadas". Memoria Chilena (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Biblioteca Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
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